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First Ebola case emerges in Britain

A health worker who has become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain was being treated at a London hospital on Tuesday after contracting the disease in West Africa.

Other AirAsia plane skids off runway into field

An AirAsia Zest plane carrying 159 people overshot the runway and got stuck in a muddy field Tuesday at an international airport in the central Philippines after landing from Manila in windy weather, officials said. There were no reports of injuries.

2 Boston cops hospitalized after teen attack

Two Boston police officers were hospitalized after they were attacked by six teenagers related to a person they were arresting, authorities said.

 
Official says debris seen off Indonesia probably from AirAsia jet

Red and white debris spotted off the coast of Indonesia’s part of Borneo island is likely to be part an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which is presumed to have crashed two days ago, an Indonesian transport official said on Tuesday.

Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty of fraud

A Russian court ruled on Tuesday to give Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent.

Rescue crews discover body on Mount Ranier

The body had been turned over to the Pierce County medical examiner’s office for identification, national park spokeswoman Patti Wold said.

 
Passengers received no instructions from crew, survivors say

There were no fire alarms at first, no knocks on the door from the crew, just thick, acrid smoke filling cabins and waking passengers on the overnight ferry from Greece to Italy.

Arizona mine closes; hundreds lose jobs

Scores of workers were laid off Monday at the Mineral Park mine about 12 miles north of Kingman. Sources say the copper, molybdenum and silver mine has closed.